Joomla! 4.1 introduced "Scheduled Tasks" to the Components administrator menu. Scheduled tasks run on a timed basis, similar to cronjobs. These built-in tasks are intended to automate repetitive actions on your site. Some of them are enabled immediately after installation or update of Joomla!.

Joomla! distributions include a number of built-in tasks (these are special plugins), namely the following (as of 6.1).

• Delete Action Logs - delete action logs after days
• Expiration of Privacy Consents - manage the expiration of privacy consents
• GET Requests - Make GET requests to a server
• Global Check-in - check-in checked-out items
• Image Size Check - check images; resize if larger than allowed
• Joomla! Update Notification - periodically check for new Joomla! versions
• Rotate Logs - periodically rotate the log files
• Set Site Offline - set site status to "offline" on each run
• Set Site Online - set site status to "online" on each run
• Toggle Offline - toggles the site's status on each run
• Session Data Purge - purges expired data and metadata